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objects, such as bottles, leaves, animals, etc. Scissors are 

 used for this cutting. Modeling in clay is done from any 

 object that will correlate with the other work. It has been 

 found that in connection with the myths there is a great 

 opportunity to develop imagination by allowing the child to 

 illustrate the stories. 



III. Spelling. A spelling lesson upon the new and diffi- 

 cult words will follow. 



IV. Reading. The child is now ready for the reading 

 lesson appropriate to the subject. 



V. Language. Finally, the children write descriptions of 

 the object or country studied, giving free expression to the 

 facts each has acquired. 



It may be added that great interest may be excited by 

 introducing into the number-work problems concerning the 

 subject of the morning talk. 



The literature, also, holds a very prominent place in this 

 nature-work. The following list suggests poems to be com- 

 mitted to memory, and stories to be read in connection with 

 this reader : 



PLANTS. 



The Dandelion Hiawatha 



The Dandelion . Parts of Lowell 



Shall I Go and Call Them Up ? Susan Coolidge 



Legend of the Cowslip . . Sara Wiltse 



Elderberry Bush .......... Hans Andersen 



The Fern Harper's Second Reader 



Fairy Land of Flowers Mara Pratt 



Little Flower Folks . Mara Pratt 



